292 | LEGUMINOSZ. 
1. Vicia exigua, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. p. 272. 
New Mexico; Cairornia.—NortH Mexico, Chihuahua, on the banks of Lake Santa 
Maria (Wright). 
2. Vicia humilis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 498, t. 581. 
Sourn Mexico, near Morea (Humboldt & Bonpland), Zimapan (Coulter, 583), Orizaba 
(Botteri, 695), in thickets near Jalapa (Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
3. Vicia mexicana, Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, p. 47. 
Glabrescens et demum glaberrima, ramis crassiusculis adscendentibus angulatis, foliis ampliusculis 
sessilibus, foliolis 14-18 petiolulatis linearibus 1-13 poll. longis apiculatis subtrinerviis, stipulis 
semisagittatis, pedunculis 15-20-floris quam folia longioribus, floribus ad apices pedunculorum 
confertis brevissime pedicellatis circiter 8-9 lin. longis, calyce parcissime puberulo basi postice 
saccato, ovario, longe stipitato circiter 10-ovulato, stylo sursum hirsuto. 
Herba annua vel perennis, ramosa, ramis crassiusculis, adscendentibus angulatis, cito glaberrimis et 
nitidis, usque bipedalibus et forsan ultra, internodiis brevibus. Folia sessilia, sine cirro 
4-5-pollicaria, cito glaberrima et nitida; foliola 14-18, breviter petiolulata, seepissime alterna, 
linearia, seepe 1-14 poll. longa, interdum fere 2 poll. longa, apiculata, subtrinervia; cirro 
breviusculo, sepissime alte bifido; stipule anguste, semisagittate, acutissime, usque semi- 
pollicares. Flores circiter 8-9 lin. longi, brevissime pedicellati, dense racemosi; racemi 
15-20-flori, longe pedunculati, cum pedunculo usque semipedales ; calyx parcissime puberulus, 
10-nervius, inequaliter bilabiatus, labium superius breve, bilobum, lobis latis, fere rotundatis, 
labium inferum trilobatum, lobis lanceolatis, acutis, antico paulo longiore ; vexillum ellipticum ; 
ale longe unguiculate, semicordatz, vexillo paulo breviores; carina longe unguiculata, cucul- 
lata, alis paulo brevior; ovarium longe stipitatum, glabrum, circiter 10-ovulatum, stylo superne 
hirsuto. Legumen ignotum. 
SoutH Mexico, Oaxaca ((Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. | 
This is closely allied to V. pulchella, H. B. K.; but it is glabrous, except the 
youngest tips of the branches; and it is larger in all its parts, the flowers being nearly 
three times as large. The ovary, too, is borne on a much longer stalk. | 
4, Vicia pedunculata, Peyr. in Linnea, xxx. p. 80. 
Sovta Mexico, Toluca, Cocustepec at 8800 feet (Heller, 374). 
5. Vicia pulchella, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 499, t. 583. 
Texas; New Mexico; Arizona.—Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 198); Sour Mexico, near Mescala, 1600 feet (Humboldt & 
Bonpland), Zimapan (Coulter), woods at 8000 feet, Oaxaca (Galeotti, $205), Hb. Kew. 
Var.? foliis majoribus etc. 
NortH Mexico, San Antonio de las Alanzanes (Gregg). Hb. Kew. 
6. Vicia setifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 500. 
SovrH Mexico, near the city of Mexico (Humboldt & Bonpland).—Southward to 
PERU. 
7. Vicia sativa, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1037. 
Sour Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 696). Hb. Kew. 
